Stumpgrinder accident.

[stephen james butler]

To Dave get well soon and best wishes.

 

To all Arb Talkers keep safe and remember you are more important than a deadline.

 

You might be interested in the following quote

 

Be alert: Felling trees is hazardous. Remember: The duller the axe the harder the work; Use your head: The more brains, the less muscle. (The Bible)

[Stephen Blair]

wise words Stephen:thumbup1:

[Big J]

Dave,

 

I was just wondering how your recuperation was going?

 

Jonathan

[Dave D]

hi jonathan, the recovery's still going well thanks for asking. i'm back up the hospital next week for the results of a CT scan i had last week. if the results show that the bone is uniting well then they will consider loosening the frame a little to see how i cope with putting more weight through the bone. they are still saying i'm doing exceptionly well so i'm pretty confident about the results. i will keep you all up to date on what happens next week.

 

thanks, dave.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

hi jonathan, the recovery's still going well thanks for asking. i'm back up the hospital next week for the results of a CT scan i had last week. if the results show that the bone is uniting well then they will consider loosening the frame a little to see how i cope with putting more weight through the bone. they are still saying i'm doing exceptionly well so i'm pretty confident about the results. i will keep you all up to date on what happens next week.

 

thanks, dave.

[Big J]

Thanks for that Dave - glad to hear that things are going so well

[Dave D]

well i went back today for the results of the ct scan. unfortunately the results werent what we had hoped for though not unexpected if i'm honest. the scan showed very little unity so i will now have to have a bone graft. i've been put on the urgent list so we could be looking at having the op in the next few weeks. i'm a little dissapointed but not surprised at the findings really, it was only a very small amount of bone touching to start with (literally tips) and the hope was that the bone would unite and start forming new bone to fill in the gaps but with so much bone missing the results are hardly surprising.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Bad news Dave, but as you say not suprising looking at the extent of the damage.

 

Good luck with it dude

[scraggs]

Sorry to hear that it wasn't good news, and I wish you all the best with it getting better.

[Dave D]

cheers fellas